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rGO as an adhesion enhancer of fusion bonded epoxy coatings
Alternative coating technologies based on advances in polymer engineering have been continuously developed to face the always present challenges of wear in metal surfaces.
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Bio-based air-drying water-borne polyurea coatings
In a recently coducted work, bio-based air-drying water-borne polyurea dispersions (Bio-PUDs) containing alkyd intermediate as polyol and aniline trimer (AT) as chain extender were synthesised, characterised,...
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Improved tribological performance of epoxy composite coating
A new study reports the improved tribological performance of an epoxy self-lubricating composite coating by boron nitride nanosheets and Ag nanoparticles.
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Tomato shelf-life extension via an edible coating
Researchers have presented a way of shelf-life extension of tomato using an edible coating of bitter almond gum-fish gelatin conjugates.
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Improvement of scratch resistance
Scientists have demonstrated an improvement of scratch resistance in transparent hard surfaces through layer-by-layer coating.
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Interview: “The use of DTM coatings is rapidly growing”
Aaron Thornton, segment market manager at Eastman addresses the state of direct-to-metal coatings and the challenges for this field.
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Low migration type I photoinitiators of radical polymerisation
A recently published study focues on new acyl phosphine oxides as high-performance and low migration type I photoinitiators of radical polymerisation.
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Nanocellulose-based superhydrophobic coating
A nanocellulose-based multiple-functional coating was fabricated with excellent superhydrophobicity, abrasion resistance, acid resistance and fluorescence.
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Polymeric coatings derived from gum rosin
The growing demand for the development of bio-based, greener and more sustainable polymeric systems was the inspiration to develop two bio-based thermo-reversible polymers derived from gum rosin.
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Expert voice on protective coatings
We spoke to Henning Vogt, Global Senior Scientist Coatings, Westlake Epoxy (formerly Hexion Coatings and Composites).
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Improving the property of castor oil-based waterborne polyurethane
Researchers have improved the property of castor oil-based waterborne polyurethane by polyhydroxy sapium sebiferum oil as crosslinking agent.
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Coatings for magnesium alloys protection
A new review article gives a comprehensive overview on the recent progresses of self-healing coatings for magnesium alloys protection.
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Composite coating with low-infrared emissivity
The goal of a recent research was to obtain a coating with low-infrared emissivity and both good hydrophobic and mechanical properties.
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Novel epoxy curing strategy based on GO and glass fiber
A polymer matrix composite with a physical barrier network can efficiently inhibit corrosion on carbon steel.